Evenings at the microscope, or, Researches among the minuter organs and forms of animal life / by Philip Henry Gosse, F.R.S. ; published under the direction of the Committee of General Literature and Education appointed by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.

Accession number

PML 142579

Creator

Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810-1888.

Published

London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [1859]

Credit line

Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.

Notes

First ed. Cf. Freeman and Wertheimer, p. 62-63.
Preface dated 1859.
Illustrated with textual wood engravings throughout by Gosse.
"London: Printed by Richard Clay, Bread Street Hill."--Colophon.
[4] p. of publisher's advertisements at end.
Includes index.

Description

xii, 506, [4] p. : ill. (wood engravings) ; 20 cm.

Provenance

Bookplate of Thomas Devas; inscription of B.C.J.S. Knight, 1950, on inside of front board; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Binding

Publisher's embossed beaded red cloth, stamped in gilt, by Westley's & Co., with their ticket.

Classification

Book

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Printed Books